"The Jews followed the law, and so far as anybody could see, they kept it strictly. Then they trusted to their own works, and did not submit to the righteousness of God. But the Gentiles, and the publicans and harlots, had no good works to trust in, and therefore they willingly accepted the righteousness, which is of God by faith. Thus the publicans and harlots receive the blessing of God more readily than the Pharisees." Ellet J. Waggoner
Ellen G. White: (Following 1888)
“The opposition in our own ranks has imposed upon the Lord’s messengers [Jones and Waggoner] a laborious and soul trying task; for they have had to meet difficulties and obstacles which need not have existed. ... Love and confidence constitute a moral force that would have united our churches, and insured harmony of action; but coldness and distrust have brought disunion that has shorn us of our strength” (General Conference Daily Bulletin, Feb. 28, 1893, p. 419; Letter, Jan. 9, 1893).
"Never have we said that the Church is “proclaiming a false gospel.” What we have said is quite different. There are elements of the gospel that the Lord “sent” to us in 1888 that have been “kept away” from our people and from the world. What was rejected by leadership and “kept away” from the church and the world was the message God intended would prepare that generation to meet the final issues and to be ready for the coming of Christ in that era. The church is not preaching a false gospel; it desperately needs the enrichment that “the Lord sent” in the 1888 truths." ~Robert J. Wieland
Note carefully, Caleb and Joshua were to stay with the congregation while they wandered for the next 40 years. God never sanctioned them to split from the church because they were right. Stay with the church, it will enter Canaan when pride and self-sufficiency have been overcome through the faith of Jesus.
J. S. Washburn was present at the 1888 Minneapolis General Conference. He heard and saw what went on there.
In 1950, Elder Robert Wieland interviewed him and this is the interview.
The Ten Gospel Truths of the 1888 Message are beautiful and represent the message given in Minneapolis by Elders Waggoner and Jones.
This was the begining of the Latter Rain.
God sent the message.